Device for fastening folded papers.



PATENTED FEB. 6, 1906.

W. R. COON. DEVICE FOR FASTENING FOLDED PAPERS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 28, 1904.

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DEVICE FOR FASTENING FOLDED PAPERS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 28, 1904.

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WILLIAM R. COON, OF GOWANDA, NEW YORK.

DEVICE FOR FASTENING FOLDED PAPERS- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 6, 1906.

Application filed November 28, 1904. Serial No. 234,582.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAl\I R. CooN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Gowanda, in the county of Cattaraugus and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Devices for Fastening Folded Papers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is an improved means for fastening folded papers.

At the present time it is customary with large commercial or industrial concerns to have combination vouchers and checks, and this combination instrument is commonly folded so as to expose the check and conceal the items of the voucher or other instrument; and it is the object of securing the edges of the combination folded instrument without the aid of paper-fasteners that my invention has been devised; and, broadly speaking, it

consists, essentially, in folding one edge of the sheet and securing said folded edge at one or more points, thereby providing a pocket into which the opposing edge can be inserted and held.

The invention consists also in certain details of construction, hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

While my invention is particularly adapted for combination vouchers and checks, it will of course be understood that it can be used upon all kinds of instruments which must necessarily pass through a number of different persons hands and the contents of which it is desired to protect in a measure and still leave the sheet in such a condition that it can be readily opened and inspected when desired.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a sheet folded and secured in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a detail pers ective view showing one edge of the sheet a out to be inserted beneath the folded opposing edge of the sheet. Fig. 3 is a similar view show ing a slight modification. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the blank prior to folding and securing. Fig. 5 is an end view after folding and securing. Fig. 6 is a sectional view. Fig. 7 is a detail perspective view showing a sheet folded twice and secured. Fig. 8 is a detail perspective View showing one end of a sheet folded twice, but unsecured. Fig. 9 is a plan view of the blank adapted to be folded twice.

Referring to the drawings, A indicates a sheet which is scored or creased along the line A, parallel to one edge and adjacent thereto, said edge being folded over, as shown at A and it is provided with adhesive at each end, as shown at A so that the ends of the folded edge can be'secured, thereby leaving the main portion of the folded edge unsecured and roviding a pocket. The sheet A is referabfy creased or folded transversely om the line A*, and the op osin edge of the sheet is inserted beneath t e fo lded edge of the sheet, and in order to permit this the sheet is cut away at each end, as shown at A in order to allow for the secured ends of the folded edge. In Fig. 3 the folded edge is also secured centrally, as shown at A, and the opposing edge of the sheet is cut away, as shown at A This makes a double secure lock, and, if desired, the device constructed as herein shown and described may be employed for private corres ondence, such as return postal cards and the Iike. In Fig. 9 I have shown a blank B which is folded transversely upon the line B adjacent one edge and folded over, as shown at B and provided with adhesive at B in order to secure the said folded edge at each end. The sheet is also scored or creased on the lines B and B and at each end on the line B the sheet is cut away, as shown at B, so that when the sheet is first folded upon the line B it Will present exactly the same appearance as the folded sheet A, and then the double-folded sheet can be inserted beneath the folded edge, as most clearly shown in Figs. 7 and 8. A sheet of this kind can be used for private correspondence or can be used as a combination voucher and check, or it can be used for Various other purposes, as will be readily understood by those skilled in the art to which it pertains.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is p 1. A sheet having an uncut edge folded over upon the sheet and secured at a plurality of points to the said sheet, the body of the sheet being adapted to be folded and its opposing edge inserted under the folded edge posite edge being cut away in order to acbetween the secured points.

commodate the secured portions of the folded 2. A sheet having one edge folded and seedge. I cured at the sides and intermediate the sides, WILLIAM R. COON. 5 the body of the sheet being adapted to be Witnesses:

folded and also have its opposite edge inserted J. G. KEYEs, beneath the folded edge of the sheet, the op- S. G. KEYEs. 

